List of population centres in New Brunswick

Population centre, in Canadian census data, is a populated place, or a cluster of interrelated populated places, which meets the demographic characteristics of an urban area, having a population of at least 1,000 people and a population density of no fewer than 400 persons per square kilometre.[1]

Main article: List of the 100 largest population centres in Canada

The term was first introduced in the Canada 2011 Census; prior to that, Statistics Canada used the term urban area.[1]

In the 2016 census, Statistics Canada listed 31 population centres in the province of New Brunswick.[2]

List
Rank Population centre[2] Size group[2] Population (2016)[2] Population (2011)[2] % Change[2]
1MonctonLarge urban 108,620 103,926 +4.5%
2FrederictonMedium 59,405 56,663 +4.8%
3Saint JohnMedium 58,341 60,459 -3.5%
4 Quispamsis-Rothesay Small 24,445 23,862 +2.4%
5BathurstSmall 15,557 15,990 -2.7%
6EdmundstonSmall 12,086 12,005 +0.7%
7Chatham - DouglastownSmall 11,329 11,443 -1.0%
8Campbellton (NB/QC)Small 10,716 11,990 -10.6%
9OromoctoSmall 8,805 8,675 +1.5%
10ShediacSmall 7,184 6,561 +9.5%
11SussexSmall 5,298 5,148 +2.9%
12WoodstockSmall 4,277 4,287 -0.2%
13Grand Falls / Grand-SaultSmall 4,221 4,201 +0.5%
14HamptonSmall 3,436 3,440 -0.1%
15St. StephenSmall 3,233 3,520 -8.2%
16Tracadie-SheilaSmall 3,184 3,135 +1.6%
17CaraquetSmall 3,108 3,079 +0.9%
18SackvilleSmall 2,963 2,912 +1.8%
19DalhousieSmall 2,351 2,599 -9.5%
20New MarylandSmall 2,219 2,253 -1.5%
21Saint-QuentinSmall 2,194 2,095 +4.7%
22ShippaganSmall 2,130 2,110 +0.9%
23Starlight VillageSmall 2,127 2,089 +1.8%
24BouctoucheSmall 1,722 1,709 +0.8%
25SalisburySmall 1,534 1,493 +2.7%
26Saint AndrewsSmall 1,501 1,560 -3.8%
27McEwenSmall 1,462 1,515 -3.5%
28WellsSmall 1,266 1,371 -7.7%
29Saint-AntoineSmall 1,252 1,182 5.9%
30St. LeonardSmall 1,099 1,059 +3.8%
31Richibucto 15Small 1,053 1,173 -10.2%

References
  1. "From urban areas to population centres" Archived 2012-12-13 at the Wayback Machine. Statistics Canada, May 5, 2011.
  2. "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and population centres, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (New Brunswick)". Statistics Canada. February 20, 2019. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
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